Determining the Relationship between Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors and Sexual Experiences of Men of Reproductive Age

Osman Doğan; Nilüfer Tuğut

doi:10.51754/ejmhs.1852517

Determining the Relationship between Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors and Sexual Experiences of Men of Reproductive Age

Abstract

This descriptive type study was conducted to determine the relationship between healthy lifestyle behaviors and sexual experiences of men of reproductive age. The research was carried out in two hospitals in a town located in the Central Anatolian Region of Turkey. Male healthcare workers working in the aforementioned two hospitals comprised the population of the study. The study was completed with 292 people. The mean scores obtained from the Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale II and Arizona Sexual Experiences Scale Male Form by the men of reproductive age who participated in the study were 136.04±18.41 and 12.44±2.91 respectively and 74% of participants had sexual dysfunction. Correlation analysis revealed a significant negative, low-level relationship between HLBS II scores and sexual dysfunction (r = –0.288, p < 0.001). Regression analysis showed that healthy lifestyle behaviors positively influenced sexual life, explaining 12.1% of the variance (β = 0.702, p < 0.005). The results of the study demonstrated that the healthy lifestyle behaviors of the participants were above the moderate level, that more than half of them suffered from sexual dysfunction, that positive changes in men's healthy lifestyle behaviors had a reducing effect on sexual dysfunction, and that healthy lifestyle behaviors in reproductive age men had a positive effect on the level of sexual life.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Health Care Administration

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Osman Doğan
0000-0002-4130-4161
Türkiye

Nilüfer Tuğut ^*
0000-0001-6460-9374
Türkiye

Publication Date

December 31, 2025

Submission Date

October 3, 2025

Acceptance Date

November 24, 2025

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Year 2025 Volume: 10 Number: 3

DOI

https://doi.org/10.51754/ejmhs.1852517

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APA

Doğan, O., & Tuğut, N. (2025). Determining the Relationship between Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors and Sexual Experiences of Men of Reproductive Age. European Journal of Multidisciplinary Health Sciences, 10(3), 218-224. https://doi.org/10.51754/ejmhs.1852517

AMA

1.Doğan O, Tuğut N. Determining the Relationship between Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors and Sexual Experiences of Men of Reproductive Age. Eur J Multidiscip Health Sci. 2025;10(3):218-224. doi:10.51754/ejmhs.1852517

Chicago

Doğan, Osman, and Nilüfer Tuğut. 2025. “Determining the Relationship Between Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors and Sexual Experiences of Men of Reproductive Age”. European Journal of Multidisciplinary Health Sciences 10 (3): 218-24. https://doi.org/10.51754/ejmhs.1852517.

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Doğan O, Tuğut N (December 1, 2025) Determining the Relationship between Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors and Sexual Experiences of Men of Reproductive Age. European Journal of Multidisciplinary Health Sciences 10 3 218–224.

IEEE

[1]O. Doğan and N. Tuğut, “Determining the Relationship between Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors and Sexual Experiences of Men of Reproductive Age”, Eur J Multidiscip Health Sci, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 218–224, Dec. 2025, doi: 10.51754/ejmhs.1852517.

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Doğan, Osman - Tuğut, Nilüfer. “Determining the Relationship Between Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors and Sexual Experiences of Men of Reproductive Age”. European Journal of Multidisciplinary Health Sciences 10/3 (December 1, 2025): 218-224. https://doi.org/10.51754/ejmhs.1852517.

JAMA

1.Doğan O, Tuğut N. Determining the Relationship between Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors and Sexual Experiences of Men of Reproductive Age. Eur J Multidiscip Health Sci. 2025;10:218–224.

MLA

Doğan, Osman, and Nilüfer Tuğut. “Determining the Relationship Between Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors and Sexual Experiences of Men of Reproductive Age”. European Journal of Multidisciplinary Health Sciences, vol. 10, no. 3, Dec. 2025, pp. 218-24, doi:10.51754/ejmhs.1852517.

Vancouver

1.Osman Doğan, Nilüfer Tuğut. Determining the Relationship between Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors and Sexual Experiences of Men of Reproductive Age. Eur J Multidiscip Health Sci. 2025 Dec. 1;10(3):218-24. doi:10.51754/ejmhs.1852517